Amelia (2009)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Amelia |
| Original title | Amelia |
| Country of production |
United States Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mira Nair |
| script |
Ronald Bass Anna Hamilton Phelan |
| production |
Lydia Dean Pilcher Kevin Hyman Ted Waitt |
| music | Gabriel Yared |
| camera | Stuart Dryburgh |
| cut |
Allyson C. Johnson Lee Percy |
| occupation | |
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Amelia is a 2009 US-Canadian biopic about the life of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart . Directed by Mira Nair , the title role played by Hilary Swank .
action
On June 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart set off on a flight around the world. During the flight, she remembers the most important stations in her life.
Even as a girl she was fascinated by flying. When a member of high society was looking for a woman to cross the Atlantic in 1928, Amelia applied. So far, no woman has managed to cross the Atlantic in an airplane, three women were killed in the attempt. Amelia meets George Putnam, who arranges the flight. The aim of the campaign is to attract attention: Although Amelia is officially flying, in reality she is only sitting as a passenger in the plane, which is controlled by an experienced pilot. Despite internal disputes, the Atlantic crossing succeeds and Amelia is celebrated as a flight pioneer across America. More women are now pushing public as aviators. Amelia, on the other hand, is interesting as an advertising medium and invited as a guest to numerous celebrations at which she always feels out of place. At a party in Rye she met Eugene Vidal , who works as a flight instructor. He is taken with her, but Amelia believes she was made for a life alone. Therefore, she initially rejects George Putnam's marriage proposal and only accepts it when he agrees to an "exit clause" after a year if he does not like it. She also refuses the vow of marriage to obey him.
Amelia is committed to the active training of female pilots and founds the Club of 99 with 99 other female pilots . She also plans to rectify the fraud against the public through her first Atlantic crossing. In 1932 she flies over the Atlantic alone. Amelia becomes the new hope for America, which is stuck in the depression. Numerous advertising contracts followed, including his own suitcase and clothing collections, as well as a dinner with President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Here Amelia Eleanor Roosevelt recommends Gene Vidal as head of the aviation authority. Gene is actually appointed to the post and, with Amelia as an advisor, introduces, among other things, short-haul air service. Amelia begins an affair with Gene, but returns to George Putnam in 1934. She has new plans and now wants to be the first woman to fly around the world. George Putnam begins to acquire money for a suitable aircraft through Purdue University , among other things . Amelia flies again not alone, but together with the experienced star navigator Fred Noonan, who has a drinking problem. A first attempt to circumnavigate the earth in March 1937 fails due to a damaged landing gear. On June 2, 1937, Amelia finally set off to orbit the earth with Fred. From Miami, via Gambia, Gao, Karachi, Calcutta and Bangkok they fly to Lae in Papua New Guinea , where they stop for the last time. She speaks to George over the radio and announces that this is her last flight. In addition, she indicates that Fred currently has alcohol problems. During the Pacific crossing and thus the last route before landing in Miami, Amelia wants to make a stopover on Howland Island to refuel. The sky is overcast and the small island cannot be made out at the calculated position. Although Amelia can send radio messages from the aircraft to the ship SS Itasca, which is waiting in front of the island, she cannot receive any radio messages, although the crew on the ship transmits as agreed. Her radio messages become more and more desperate because she runs out of fuel. She briefly manages to report the location of her aircraft before the radio contact breaks off. The exact place where the plane crashed could never be determined despite a large-scale search.
production
Amelia is based on the Earhart biographies East to the Dawn by Susan Butler and The Sound of Wings by Mary S. Lovell. The shooting took place in 2008 in Toronto, New York City and various locations in South Africa. Hilary Swank took on the lead role and was also involved as executive producer on the film.
The film opened in theaters on October 23, 2009 in the United States and Canada. In Germany, Amelia was released in cinemas on June 10, 2010. With an estimated budget of $ 40 million, the film was only able to rake in only $ 19 million at the box office worldwide. Amelia was released on DVD on October 22, 2010 and was first seen on SRF 1 in German-speaking countries on September 3, 2012 .
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia Earhart | Hilary Swank | Sandra Schwittau |
| George Putnam | Richard Gere | Hubertus Bengsch |
| Eugene Vidal | Ewan McGregor | Philipp Moog |
| Fred Noonan | Christopher Eccleston | Bernd Vollbrecht |
| Bill Stultz | Joe Anderson | Robin Kahnmeyer |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | Cherry Jones | Marianne Gross |
| Elinor Smith | Mia Wasikowska | Marie-Luise Schramm |
| Leo Bellart | Dylan Roberts | Olaf Reichmann |
| Slim Gordon | Aaron Abrams | Marius Clarén |
Reviews
"The film is more interested in beautiful nostalgia than in adventurism and social perspectives, although the formulaic script increases the viscosity of the plot."
“Together with her comprehensive commitment to female flying colleagues, it could have been a foil for an approach to the feminist esprit of the time. But 'Amelia' is heading in the opposite direction: If the last pictures show her flying over the ocean, she looks like an uneducated brat who dawns that she should have listened to Papi instead of going off alone. The rigorous determination with which Earhart ignored social, cultural and political boundaries is simply denied with these images. In the end, only the catalog version of a presumably outstanding vita remains. "
Awards
Hilary Swank received a Hollywood Film Award for Best Actress at the Hollywood Film Festival in 2009. Gabriel Yared was nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Film Music in 2009. In 2010 , William Cuddy received a Young Artist Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film.
Web links
- Amelia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Amelia at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Official English website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amelia at boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed April 27, 2012
- ↑ Amelia. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Amelia. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Daniel Haas: Take off, feminist! on Spiegel Online on June 17, 2010, accessed April 27, 2012